Uganda: Military court convicts human rights lawyer: Eron Kiiza

On 7 January 2025 during a court session, soldiers physically prevented Eron Kiiza from entering the military court’s section for defendants’ lawyers when his clients, opposition politician was arraigned. Eron Kiiza responded by shouting and banging on the courtroom barricade. Soldiers assaulted him while removing him from the courtroom, before arresting and placing him in the dock alongside his clients. The court later on the same day convicted him of “contempt of court” and sentenced him to nine months imprisonment at Kitalya prison without a fair trial. Ugandan authorities must stop trying civilians in military courts, stop targeting lawyers simply for doing their job and immediately release Eron Kiiza.

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